I normally only lurk, but today I would like to add my story to Carol's earlier post about babies with blood in the stools. The mom was determined to breastfeed. Her baby was very fussy 24/7, with green, explosive stools. Her family urged her to wean to formula, which just made her mad. When you hear hoofbeats you look for horses not zebras, right? So we worked on adjusting down her milk supply, which was probably double, since she nursed often, trying to comfort the baby. No improvement. Then we tackled the possibility of sensitivity to dairy, soy or other foods. Mom decided to eliminate dairy first. She was willing to do whatever it took. Days passed, no improvement. I encouraged her that this one could take ten days to two weeks. She was becoming very discouraged by day seven, but by day ten she noticed some improvement, and by two weeks she felt optomistic that we had found the right road. Hurray! When I heard from the mom next it was because the symptoms had returned, with green, explosive stools and blood streaks! Mom had now eliminated all foods but rice and turkey with margarine(not my idea!), in an attempt to avoid soy. I told her that this plan was bad for her and we needed to broaden her diet for her own health. By this time she was frustrated and snappy. When I finally got her to read me the label of the "corn oil margerine", there was the hidden soy! She agreed to broaden her diet, and the baby improved markedly. She kept dairy and soy out of her diet for a long time, and by the time she weaned, her toddler was on a normal diet with no restrictions. I heard from this mom with the next baby -- same story, second verse. This is getting too long, sorry. I'll save the other story for another time. I hope this is helpful. Rowena Tucker, BS, MA, IBCLC, LLLL WIC Breastfeeding Coordinator ____________________________________________________________________________________ Need a quick answer? Get one in minutes from people who know. Ask your question on www.Answers.yahoo.com *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET email list is powered by LISTSERV (R). There is only one LISTSERV. To learn more, visit: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html